A couple of students have figured out that, by wearing a collar underneath a sweater when walking on campus in the morning, they can skirt past the uniform policy. Always impressed with my students’ cunning response to authority. I wonder how long this will work.
A student asked me to put these photos up – my third period is writing an essay analyzing the narrative and intent behind a recent mural on campus.
- That’s Toni Morrison? – She looks scary. – I’d date her.
I’m working on a new game. A poetic version of Scrabble or Bananagrams, perhaps. Not quite sure if anything will come of it or if it’s even anything other than a connect-the-dots, writing-exercise solitaire. As I work through more exercises like these, I’ll likely only post those that are somewhat playable. I will also be [...]
The table is a civilizing place. It’s where a group comes and they hear points of view, they learn about courtesy and kindness, they learn about what it is to live in a community – live in a family first, but live in bigger community. That’s where it comes from, don’t you think? And And [...]
- Can you make the robot do something cool? – Yes, there’s a competition. – What’s it going to do? – It’s going to kick balls.
- You can concentrate at your house. I’m not reading bread bags at your house.
We discussed this article in my classes today – didn’t get the copies until this morning, otherwise it would have been yesterday. The move away from single narratives and the critique of “change” and “revolution” fits nicely with the texts in all three of my classes: Song of Solomon, Zoot Suit, and Savage Inequalities.
Imagine Your Thanks Dropping like trash Deposited like an investment Feeding fish Diving in an exploration Planting like seeds Billowing like clouds Climbing towards forever Filling a tank, a room, your room, our lives and charting a map of our past, a history of interactions [The Thank Tank is still looking for hosts for one [...]
“And besides, it’s a kind of game, a kind of game like dice. You ask what’s this? No. 15? You never or only rarely will you know what it is, because for example when you think … well here, there are twenty or so bottles, and …” – Daniel Spoerri Last week I finished reading [...]